Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:20:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AndreaMLC_TESE.pdf: 1380890 bytes, checksum: 3f4efa83e3a0883bc8f1380af91de464 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-23 / This thesis analyzes the political and electoral trajectory of the PFL in Rio Grande do Norte from its beginning in 1985 until his last electoral dispute in 2006, before the process of rebuilding occurred in 2007. The central argument of the thesis is that the PFL occupied side by side with the PMDB the central position in the dynamic of the state partisan politics. This was due to its ability to control the process of disputes for majority positions in the state, especially for Senate vacancies. The hypothesis that support the central argument are related to the trajectory of the formation of the party still under the military regime, where the group that took over the leadership of the party enjoyed privileged conditions for the consolidation of political and electoral power. Another factor associated with their performance was the force that was developed in the second-largest electoral college in the state, Mossor?. To these hypotheses we add the role Jose Agripino Maia who, leading without competitors within the party, concentrated a large power in making decisions in face of adverse contexts to ensure (his) conditions for success in majoritarian disputes / Esta tese analisa a trajet?ria pol?tica e eleitoral do PFL no Rio Grande do Norte de seu surgimento em 1985 at? sua ?ltima disputa eleitoral em 2006, antes do processo de refunda??o ocorrido em 2007. O argumento central defendido ? que o PFL ocupou, ao lado do PMDB, posi??o central na din?mica pol?tico-partid?ria estadual ao longo deste per?odo devido ? sua capacidade de controlar o processo de disputas por cargos majorit?rios no estado, especialmente as vagas para o senado. As hip?teses que d?o sustenta??o ao argumento central est?o relacionadas aos antecedentes da forma??o do partido ainda sob o regime militar, onde o grupo que assumiu a lideran?a do partido desfrutou de condi??es privilegiadas para a consolida??o de seu poder pol?tico e eleitoral. Outro fator associado ao seu desempenho consistiu na for?a que o partido desenvolveu no segundo maior col?gio eleitoral do estado, Mossor?. A essas hip?teses soma-se a atua??o de Jos? Agripino Maia, que liderando sem concorrentes no interior do partido, concentrou amplo poder de tomada de decis?es diante de contextos adversos de forma a assegurar (suas) condi??es de ?xito nas disputas majorit?rias